cingalês

/sĩj.ga.ˈlejs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)

//sĩj.ga.ˈlejs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)/ adj

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The verdict

“cingalês” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nativo do Sri Lanka

Corpus desk

Index PT-cingales · cingalês · Portuguese

cingalês · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for cingalês
PropertyValue
Headwordcingalês
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/sĩj.ga.ˈlejs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cingalês” sits in Portuguese frequency

cingalês falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cingalês is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /sĩj.ga.ˈlejs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nativo do Sri Lanka".

No misspelling variants are generated for cingalês in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is cingalês, spelled C-I-N-G-A-L-Ê-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    nativo do Sri Lanka

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cingalês"?
"cingalês" is spelled C-I-N-G-A-L-Ê-S. The IPA pronunciation is /sĩj.ga.ˈlejs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?).
What does "cingalês" mean?
As an adjective, "cingalês" means: nativo do Sri Lanka
How do you pronounce "cingalês"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cingalês" is /sĩj.ga.ˈlejs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cingalês" come from?
"cingalês" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list